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Yesterday, 05:41 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Head of the military in Off-Topic Babbling

One that comes to me right away is the now de-classified atmospheric compensation used by surface astronomers.

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Yesterday, 05:10 PM

BigDon replied to a thread RIP Adam West in Small Media at Large

Naww, then Barbara Bain would be remembered as a great actress.

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Yesterday, 05:05 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

Thank you Miss G.

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Yesterday, 05:04 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Oh sorry, I had a whole other scenario in mind. (and I miss my mother.)

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Yesterday, 05:02 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Moving question for BigDon in Off-Topic Babbling

Which though? Towards him or away from him?

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Yesterday, 04:58 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

Doc, there are times I think a "slightly younger" version of yourself would make a great cast member on the Big Bang Theory. Namely as one of Dr....

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Yesterday, 04:47 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Replacing the Internet? in Science and Technology

Skeptic - A non-sequitur.

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Yesterday, 04:41 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Frickin' tic disorder. I keep hitting odd keys while typing and changing my computer's functions! I just did that again and now can't navigate my...

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Yesterday, 04:34 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

I'm sorry to hear that Astro. I have so few things left from my mother that I feel for you.

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Yesterday, 04:28 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

With my family it was summer road trips to the Vancouver/Portland area from the Bay Area. I always looked forward to Redding because it meant...

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Yesterday, 04:24 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Moving question for BigDon in Off-Topic Babbling

(Corrected typos in quote) Actually it's only easier for one of you, that's why you don't do that. Plus it's obvious to somebody in their second...

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Yesterday, 04:15 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Wheeler's delayed choice experiment in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Not just massless entities? My inner five year old thinks, "You're tricking me!" when I think about alpha particles and the solider pieces of the...

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Yesterday, 03:58 PM

BigDon replied to a thread What Happened to Anime? in Small Media at Large

I found Spirited Away haunting. Never saw Akira or even heard of Grave of The Fireflies. With Ghost In The Shell I had already been a referee for...

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Yesterday, 03:40 PM

BigDon replied to a thread The least realistic space movie in Small Media at Large

I dunno, Firefly worked well for me.

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Yesterday, 03:27 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

Were they fired or did they quit? Huge difference.

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Yesterday, 03:26 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

Has anybody heard what exactly the "creative differences" were? I've read four different articles and nobody has any details whatsoever. I have...

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Yesterday, 03:22 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Lightning bolts and rainbows... in Science and Technology

So THAT'S what's doing this to me. Welcome to the boards and thanks for bring this up Busygirl!

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Yesterday, 03:17 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Replacing the Internet? in Science and Technology

Okay Clev, silliness aside, what you are asking to know would be highly confidential to begin with. So if somebody really has an answer, they...

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Yesterday, 02:41 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Hey Solfe, I hated watching my kids take life's little spills. None broke any limbs or such, thank God. And I *did* cry in sympathy once when...

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Yesterday, 11:58 AM

Frog march replied to a thread Thought experiment - ballistics in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

i suppose I was wrong....the centrifugal effect...

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Yesterday, 11:14 AM

Frog march replied to a thread Thought experiment - ballistics in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

yes but the ball is already moving faster to the east than the west, as the cannon is rotating with the earth....so it should e the same distsnce, I...

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2017-Jun-22, 11:33 PM

Frog march replied to a thread Have you seen your twin? in Off-Topic Babbling

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2017-Jun-22, 03:38 PM

BigDon replied to a thread A general gardening thread in Off-Topic Babbling

Arrgh! I was so mad this morning I was dancing in place! Some of my favorite flowers are Calibrachoa. I have a dozen in four different colors. My...

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2017-Jun-21, 06:10 PM

BigDon replied to a thread How do you react to getting older? Any story is fine but aiming for funny in Off-Topic Babbling

Ah! Getting old enough to have seen the improbable, sometimes more than once. Some good, some bad. Some so out there I can't post them here.

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2017-Jun-21, 05:54 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

"Thus leading to an anomalous spike in sales for the quarter..."

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2017-Jun-21, 05:49 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Replacing the Internet? in Science and Technology

What a lot of people find hard to believe and shocking is that electrical equipment subjected to an nuclear EM pulse while powered on are...

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2017-Jun-21, 05:36 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Do the Borg grok you? in Small Media at Large

The Star Trek transporter system would do a better job grokking you than the Borg.

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2017-Jun-21, 05:25 PM

BigDon replied to a thread Where are the seeds coming from? in Off-Topic Babbling

Another upswing in catches. Four more in the last four days. Price per mouse is now $3.50. Paid $48 for the rat zapper and have caught 14 mice so far.

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2017-Jun-21, 05:11 PM

BigDon replied to a thread The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world in Science and Technology

The salamanders I once studied as a hobby rely on continental drift as a dispersal method. As the coast of California drifted northward so did they....

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